Despite the 20-year-old's unhappiness, Staple reports that the team will not move him.

Last season, Niederreiter appeared in 55 games, largely on the fourth line. He could've been sent back to his junior team—which the Islanders opted against, likely because Niederreiter's unreached rookie bonuses still counted against the salary cap and helped New York reach the lower limit.

Niederreiter (6-2, 201 pounds) has 19 goals and 17 assists in 39 games for the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers. That apparently wasn't enough to get him a training camp invitation—a move that gets a little more confusing when you look at the Islanders' roster. The team has a fair amount top-six forwards, and that's where Niederreiter projects, but cutting him out of camp entirely after wasting a year of his development is questionable at best.

GM Garth Snow told ESPN New York on Tuesday that camp's weeklong duration was the determining factor and said that Niederreiter remains a call-up option, but didn't acknowledge a trade request.

Niederreiter is the second player this season to attempt to force his way off Long Island. Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky initially attempted to stick with his KHL team, then stayed in Slovakia for personal reasons. He's since been suspended.